Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-01-14

Your fOu0 tfltnus
T. !. CLCVERrUs.
p S-When eyou snd tnat fellow going
10 re rarTied? you know you told me .
would b. This winter. ] think II would D.
The beet thing tCr you; So do This "lhtef'
Who "that fellow was was never
shown: nor cid it appear tlI1i Lillian uli
any other beau than Cluyeriu-, ii he could
be- 80 called.
LlIIian's Leaving King william for
Bath.
Lillian'> position was by no means plea
SAINT. She could no longer enjoy the com
fort, OF Mrs. Tun.talf> home. She not
on duiiful and loving tcrms with her own
parents. The Walker, were GOOD and kind
10 her. but wire rc1iy unable ~ support
her. 50 she resolved 10 leave the county.
Through a relative in the mountains 0i
Bath county ,he obtained a situation there
as school. teacher.
one evening ia October she went over tO
bcrrarcnl| home; sheItde them goodbye;
returned 10 her craTdiaihcr's, aud vas ueXt
morning driven 10 Richmond by Nr. John
Walkcr. Ifrc she stopped with her aunl~'
the Misses Madison, on Iwcnly'ScVenth
street. She had 10 make few purchases.
ana went about the street. some. On thl-
OCCASION or on some Otlcf previous YiSi, 10
Richmond. Lillian called on Miss Laura
Curtis.
II BATH COUNTY.
The situation obtained for Lillian was at
Mr. Dickin,On's, on the Co~pasture river. q
f,w miles rom MHlbOro'. Mr. and Mrs.
Dickinson ere childlcsS, but had adopted
aleUbtw Of his This nephew and few
other children Lillian was 20 teach. Toe
schooihou,c is little log building on thr
cast side Of the river; Mrs. Dickin,On's Is
on the west SIDE. and Lillian crossed the
stream evefy day in boat p0led either by
herself or by Whine Dickinson.
Lillian arrived at Mrs. Dickinson's Octo-
ber lG, 1854.
TIE JANUARY MEETING N RICHMOND.
Upon the plea that she had received a
letter telling her Of the alarming illness OF
her aunt Mrs. TunstalB, Mrs. DickiuSon,
on January >, 1851, allowed Lillian 10 leave
Bath for a hurried visit to King and Q Q1ecn.
Mrs. Tun,iall was not i'll. Lillian never
vent 20 King aud Queen; but came 10
Richmond and registered at the Exchange
Hotel as Hiss r. l.. Mertcn, kOun0te CiiB.
Cluyerius was here on the 9th. He went 10
lie hotel register, ran his finger over the
list Of names, and asked II this lady
was in.
Cmverius saw Lillian two or three times
at the hotel that day. That night Lillian
slept elsewhere than at the Exchange; her
bed was found undi>turbed next morn
ing.
As remembered by Mr.. \. W. Archer,
the hotel clerk. and Henrietta Wimbu~b.
the chambcrmaid, Cluyerius had nous
tachc; when mre>tcl be bad none. B)tb
of these witnesses identified him a. the
rial. Mir. Madison identified his dlugh-
lcl's writing on the hotel register.
Mr. Clagetl Jones, Of King and Queen.
saw Lillian in the hotel that day, but dld
not speak 10 her.
ON the 7tb Lillian was back in Bath. She
told Mrs. Dickinson that her aunt was bet
ter; that her cousin T0mmie took her from
The tram and brought her back, and gave
her some candy and some books, Sc., &c.
ItIlIan's Last visit 10 HiehmOnd.
In March Lillian received through the
mails thick letter and with it short note.
The letter she read to Mrs. Dickinson.
II read in substance that the alleged
writer, Laura Curtis, had sick aunt; that
the aunt Santed lsdylike companion to %
with her to Old Point, where the invalid
| ladv would take the baths, dc.
In short, Lillian was invited to 90; It
was held out to her TO be tempting two-
weeks trip.
This letter was never written by Miss
Laura Curtis. Tue Common Tealth's repre-
sortatives satisfied the jury that it was con-
| cocfed between Lillian and Cluyerus. IL
was i'm Lillan's own hand, and the rough
| draft OF was found in her trunk after her
| death. It was probably m1iled 10y Cluye-
rius, where is not knoHr. She did not
show Mrs. Dickinson the envelope or the
short note.
Mrs. Dickinson, all unsuspecting, cou-
sented that Lillian should go. She thought
il would be a nice trip for the girl.
THE NIGHT BEFORE THE START.
That night Mss Ella Kenney, young
lady near Lillan's own age. particular
friend Of hers. spent with Lillian at Mrs
| Dickinson's. To Miss kenney she said
that She had a premontiOn that "sOme-
Thing horrible would happen before sh"
refurned,r and she told Miss Kenney that
| she had a secret TO tell her; bur they were
not alone before she left, add Lillian did
not reveal il.
Before leaving she gathered out Of the
trunk an aprOnful Of letters. A few She
read and shed te3I5 over; Then she nung
the " hole aproniul in the fire, remarking
that something mIght happen to her and
that she didn't care for her mother 20 get
hold Of these letters.
FALSE START.
March the 1lih Lillian escorted by little
Willie DickinSon) started for Milboro' u
take the train for Richmond. Before she
got to the station the tram bad passed.
March the 18th she got 10 the station IN
ample lime, but the train was several hours
late. She bad expected 10 be IN Richmond
by o or 10 +. NJ; as 1t was she could not
reach here before 3 or 3 A. NJ. March 18th.
WISHED THg CARS WOULD RUS OFF.
In route 10 Richmond Lillian had con.
veIsalion with the conductor, Mr.. Georgc
Wright, He told ber that he was from E.
sex. aud she told him that she went 10
school at Brulngton Academy. and that she
was going 70 Richmond 10 see asick friend
When somethirg was said about the rapid
running Of tho train she said that "she